“You’re leaving?” Yoorin managed a croak.

All of a sudden she completely forgot about Hana's plan of vengeance and her insecurities about him using her. She even forgot about how cold she was because the only thought that filled her mind at that moment was that he might be taken away from her.

“I...” he hesitated. “Yoorin, I don’t want to leave you.”

Yes, don’t leave, she thought. Don’t go and leave me alone.

She wanted to throw herself at him and make him stay. She wanted to do everything she could to stop him from leaving… but she was never the one to be selfish. She couldn’t put her needs in front of his.

If he wants to leave then I’ll let him go, she thought.

“Is that why you came to see me in the middle of the nigh on Friday?” She recalled his sad expression when she opened the window to let him in that night. “Was that when she came back?” She could feel a lump forming in and a knot forming inside her stomach.

“Yes,” he said. “I was angry and I was confused, so I came to you. Seeing you makes my worries seem silly… seeing you makes me feel that everything will be okay.” His voice started breaking before continuing. “Because whenever I see you I realise that things aren’t so bad… because I have you by my side.”

She wanted to cry. She looked at the arm he had around her and thought about how she wouldn’t ever be this close to him ever again if he was to go away. She didn’t want him to be taken away from her.

I don’t care about Hana’s plan anymore. I don’t want you to leave me.

“I know you must have your own reason for being so distant with me lately… I don’t know if I did something wrong… or maybe it’s because I couldn’t answer your question yesterday.” He flashed her a sad smile. “I’ve never been good at expressing myself. But I really hope that you can just look into my eyes and know the answer.”

"Are you going away, Minwoo?” Yoorin grabbed a fistful of his shirt and laid her head on his chest and shut her eyes, sounding like a child.

He leaned his head on top of hers and grabbed her hand and intertwined them with his own. “I don’t know about you,” he let out a happy sigh. “But I’m pretty serious about you. I don’t want to go to the states with my mother… no one in my house particularly like her after she cheated on our dad with his fellow co-worker… even if she is our mother. Plus I’ve got my dad to think about - and my brothers.”

It took the cogs in her brain a while to work but after it processed his words together, she pulled back from him suddenly and stared at him with wide eyes. “So you’re not going to leave?”

“Nope,” he smiled. “I’m staying here.”

That was when she really threw herself at him.

“Thank you,” she murmured. “I love you.”

Minwoo felt like his heart was about to explode. This was the first time she had said she loved him first. Before it used to just be him saying he loved her.

He her hair and smiled. He was about to ask her why she had been so quiet lately and what had been bothering her since he told her his problems. It made his heart ache that she couldn’t talk to him about the things that upsets her.

But he didn’t have